Tie plate anchor



: 'Nov. 3,- 1931. T. F. VON DORN 1,330,304

TIE PLATE. ANCHOR Filed Nov. 20, 1950 DQ067060 "r: Mada/v2.25 yak/form,

fnea'th the rail,

Patented Nov, 19 31 OFFICE 1 THnoDoBEr'. vol; Dorm, or mzw Yonx, N. Y.

- m: r m amnion amt-lamamasher 2:0}.1930. Seria1'No. 497,0Q5./ 1 Q 3i 1f-i- This invention 'pertainsfto a co-mbined-tie pla'te'and railfanchor,especially designed I "for preventing the longitudinal ,creepi n of vrailway track-rails during the'passage o the 1 "heavy rolling stockthereover'. 5 The'prinie object of thePinvention is to pro- ;vide rsimple,- durable; economical, practical and 'efiective meansforthepurpose.

A further objectis to so construct 'my im- )provedmeansthat it may beeasily and readily installedlwithout any movement or interferencewithflthe track rails. f v

Anothe'r obj ect of the invention is to so'construct my combined tieplate and rail anchor thatit may, be readilyinstalled in its properposition by driving'i'thecom'bined means behen the old tie plate shallhavebeenremoved; 1 f v Another object'of the'invention is to prog -vijdeimproved means serving to prevent any outwar d, movement of he railanchorunder any andall .cond'itions,.and at the same time serving as .a'rneditun'whereby the combined tie plate and anchor may be readily driven:725or f0rced to its proper position beneathxand ;in contact with thetrack'raih p Thesforegoingiand such" other objects as ma'yaa ppear fromthe ensuing description are accomplished by theconstruction, combina- 8.330 tion; arrangement and? location of theseveral -'parts hereinafterm'oi e .ruuy described, ililustratedfby the accompanying drawings,andmore-particularly.pointed[out in the claims fappended' hereto, it beingunderstood that 35p slightchanges in the"precise form and minor *detailsof the construction'may'be resorted to, without departing from thespirit or sacri- 'ficinganyof the advantages of the inven "tion. l

i0 In the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification itwill be seenthat: Figure 1 is aplan view of the improved i'inea-nsconstituting my invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken '45in the plane of the dotted lines,?r2 Fig.1.

"seated beneath the track rail.

moved from beneath thetrack rail 4 Figure 4: is a perspective View ofthe rail FigureBisa plan View the tie plate reanchor detached from theplate and track For rail,and r Figurefi is a detached perspective viewof the means serving as an abutment stopfor the anchorand as'ameans'forreceiving the driving on blows of a sledge or maul in forc- A ing thetie plate and anchor in their stalled position' In the embodiment of myinvention as illustrated, it will be seen that "the numeral 1 designatesa railw'ay traclirail, 2 a cross-tie broken away, 3 the tie plate seatedon said cross-tie beneath the track rail, 4 the rail anchor adapted tobe placed within the slotted portion of said tie plateQwith the lowerface of each of the members'5 resting in aliner,

ment with the lower face ofjthe tie plate upon the uppersurface of thecross-tie, while the upper portion 6 of said anchor is adapted tooverlap the upper inclined faceof the base flange of the track rail andrigidly and tight w ly' clamp against said base flange whenpropm erlyapplied to the track rail as hereinafter described." I It will beperceived thatthe tie plate 3is fbevele'd or inclined gradually fromeachqextremeouterend portion thereof to the points &5

-7inter1nediate its ends, and is provided inopening being provided forthe reception of the stem 12 of a member 13preferably rectangular incontour, said member being adapted to rest in Contact with the rear faceof the anchor member i, thus serving asa the old plate, then place themembers 5 of' the anchor 4 Within the slotted portions ,of, the tieplatewith the rear face of theanchor resting in contact with theinner-,face o-f the member 13. then: place the tie plate on thecross-tie-with'ithedeft hand beveled or .inc'lined portion beneath oneedge of the base flange of the {track rail, then :by strikingthe outer.face. of themember13 with-a suitable 5 sledge or maul the combined tieplatefind anchor is forced beneath the rail. into its .proper positionas shown, in the drawings, with the overlapping portion; 6 of the'anchorin rigid andextremely' tight contact with I the upper inclined'face ofthe track rail base therebypreventing any tendency of-thelongitudinalqcreeping 'to said rail, while the lower face of the anchor.and tie plateare firmly and securely seated on the upper faceof-;the'cross-tie.

T It will be understood that all of the several parts of this improvedmeans maybe formed from any suitable or desirable metal, and anydesirable dimensions. that will best serve the purposes for which it isintended, and while the'stem 12 of the member .13 is preferably of.round formation inserted in a square opening, with the lower end portionof said stem 12- upset or riveted in. any suitable man- 5 ner so thatthe metal of said lower-end fill- .i-ngin the corners of thesquareopening to prevent any rotary movement of the member '13, as shown inFig. 2 of the drawings. nevertheless. if desired,the stem 12 maybeformed square in contour so as to properly and snuglv' fit intotheoneningll formed through the tie plate for thev reception of saidstem or shank 12. I I i It will be perceivedthat the outerwear face oftheanchor member 4 isprovided with a vertically disposed portion thatrests in close contact with the inner vertical .fa'ce'of the memberl3rthereby maintaining said an- ,60 chor member 4 in its lockedpositionwith re- 7 lation to the tie plate andtrack rail and pre-Lventing any rearwardmovementof the member 4,0 1 its accidentalworkingoutwardly mabove the tie plate, which could otherwise v.135ibepos'sib1eon account of the. intense pres- 1.. In atie plate anchor ,'thecombination of a tie plate provided with an abutment mem-.

ber and two elongated slots formed through said plate and member, ananchor member having its-lower members fitted within said slots incontact with the lower face of a'track.

rail, and a member rigidly secured to the tieplateresting against therear .face of said anchor member.

2. In a tie plate anchor, the combination with 'a'tie plate having atransverse abutment inembernear one end portion thereof and twovelongated slots formed through said plate and member, ananchor. memberfitted within'said slots in contact with the lower face of a track rail,and .a member rigidly secured to the tie plate at the rear of the anchormember zi-ts inner face in contact withtheputer face ,of, said anchor. Y

3. Ina tie plate anchor,the combination with a .tie plate havinganabutment formed on'its upperface and provided with two elongated slotstherethrough, ananchor formed with two--members fitted within said slotswith said members in contact with thelower face of .a rail base, asquare openingformed through the said plate,and amemberrigidly ,securedwithin said opening with its inner ac e ;contact with the outer face of.said anchor. i f .i

4. In a tie plate rail anchor, the combination withiatie plate having anabutment member and two elongated slots formedthrough saidplate andmember, an anchor formed with two lower members fitted withinsaid slotsand an upper *portionoverlapping the upper face-of a rail base, and amember rigid ly'secured to one endlportionof the plate in contactwiththe upright rear face of said anchor. 1 1" 5. In a tie plate anchor, thecombinationof a tie plate having two longitudinally: disposed slotsformed therethrough intermediate its endspa rail anchor formed with twolower members fitted withinsaid slots in contact with thelowerface ofthebase of a rail and an upper .overlappingmember in rigid contact withthe upper inclined face ofsaidrail base, and a member rigidly securednear one end ofthe plate with .its inner face in contact with the outervertically, disposed face of saidanchor; r

6. :In a tie plate anchor, the combination with a tie plate formed withtwo longitudinally disposed slots formed therethrough, an anchorfittedwithin said slots and overlapping the-upper face 'of the base .of arail, and a member rigidly secured to said plate at the rear of theanchorserving as a stop to' the rearward movementof said anchor and as ause striking medium in forcing the plate and anchor into their vproperinstallation." 7. In a tie plate vrail anchor, the combinal tion-with atie plate having two longitudinal v "5 slots formed therethrough, ananchor fitted within said slots and overlapping the upper 0 face of arail base, a member 'rlgidly secured tothe' said plate at the rear ofsaid anchor inicontact with the outer face of the anchor :1 -andfservingto'prevent any outward move ment of the anchor and serving to receivetheblows of a sledge indrivin'g the'said plate into its proper installedosition. THEODSRE FL ON DORN.

